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By Sean Moriarty

Labour Party leader Alan Kelly will be in Killarney later today (Friday) and will visit the Ballyspillane Family Resource Centre as part of his official one day visit to the town.

Mr Kelly is in Killarney on the invitation of local Labour Councillor Marie Moloney.

She is a former resident of Ballyspillane but is keen to push some of the great projects that are going on in an estate that has been troubled by anti-social behaviour for a number of years.

“There is a great family resource centre up there," she told the Killarney Advertiser. "There are great people living there and they are an example of what can be done. That is why I am bringing Alan Kelly up there – so he can see for himself the great things that are going on.”

Last week Cllr Moloney put a motion before a meeting of Killarney Municipal District calling for CCTV to be installed in Ballyspillane in an effort to stop anti-social behaviour in the estate. There is also a particular problem with unauthorised road bowling taking place in the area.

“Every second night they are bowling up there and the elderly are terrified. CCTV would alleviate the problem,” she told the meeting.

Cllr Moloney is pushing to restore the area’s good name after years of anti-social behaviour, carried out by a small minority, but has tarnished the estate’s reputation.

Mr Kelly will also meet with local members of the Irish Hotel Federation (IHF) and other tourism industry chiefs as part of his visit.